Table 5.7a

Patients and Annual Death Rates Per 1,000 Patient-Years at Risk, 1995 to 2003

Rates for Recipients during First Year after Deceased Donor non-ECD Kidney Transplantation

Donor Age Year of Transplant
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Total Patients 6,594 6,521 6,506 6,680 6,688 6,788 6,886 7,045 7,021
Deaths 365 312 309 287 333 384 312 326 316
Rate 57.5 49.4 49.1 44.2 51.5 58.7 46.7 47.7 46.3
<1 Year Patients 20 25 25 23 35 28 32 28 14
Deaths 0 0 4 0 1 2 3 2 0
Rate 0.0 0.0 188.3 0.0 29.3 76.1 99.6 76.5 0.0
1-5 Years Patients 226 212 237 232 224 208 217 217 200
Deaths 10 14 10 11 6 5 3 9 9
Rate 45.5 68.8 43.5 48.7 27.3 24.3 13.9 42.4 46.3
6-10 Years Patients 302 265 241 254 259 262 300 232 171
Deaths 12 8 11 12 14 14 15 11 7
Rate 40.8 30.8 46.7 48.5 55.9 55.2 51.8 48.8 41.8
11-17 Years Patients 1,090 959 936 865 790 833 759 773 758
Deaths 52 35 49 37 30 36 21 23 24
Rate 49.2 37.5 54.2 44.1 39.0 44.5 28.2 30.3 32.2
18-34 Years Patients 2,309 2,254 2,228 2,275 2,170 2,204 2,293 2,503 2,416
Deaths 125 102 90 83 87 108 76 88 91
Rate 56.2 46.7 41.6 37.4 41.3 50.6 33.9 36.0 38.6
35-49 Years Patients 1,966 2,070 2,070 2,238 2,365 2,326 2,366 2,360 2,466
Deaths 119 106 104 98 134 147 138 133 124
Rate 63.0 53.1 51.9 45.0 58.8 65.8 60.5 58.5 51.8
50-64 Years Patients 681 736 769 793 845 927 919 932 996
Deaths 47 47 41 46 61 72 56 60 61
Rate 72.3 66.3 55.4 60.5 75.7 81.7 63.6 66.8 63.8


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 2, 2005.

Includes patients transplanted during the year and having reported data one-year after transplant.

Time at risk covers the period from transplant date until the date of death or one-year anniversary of the transplant.See Technical Notes for further details.

(-) = None in category.

(*) = For cohorts with fewer than 10 patients, rates are imprecise and are not reported.